Advertisers persuading people that they need to spend money on a cell phone, even while they lack proper sanitation. In a world where no one has everything they want, is there anything wrong with shaping what people do want?

High school students in a SAT prep class unwittingly benefit from stolen test booklets revealing questions on the college entrance exam. After receiving their scores and applying to colleges, the cheating is discovered. Should the scores be cancelled?

Samuragochi, a celebrated Japanese composer, conducted orchestras playing real music that he faked having written. At the Super Bowl halftime, the Red Hot Chili Peppers faked playing music that they really had written. Are any listeners defrauded?

Apple is criticized for working conditions at Foxconn & similar offshore suppliers. Critics focus on low pay (relative to US), long hours, and suicides (nets surrounding the Foxconn facility now catch jumpers). On the other hand, locals wait hours in lines to apply for the jobs that pay well by their standards.

In 1960, psychology professor Leary began exploring psychotropic substances affecting the mind. By 1963 the experiments had spun out of control. What ethical issues intersect with employers and employees engaged in questionable enterprises?

A photographer’s telescopic lens – along with the gaping windows of a neighboring apartment building – allow him to snap pictures of people in their daily lives. They’re sold in an art gallery for thousands of dollars. The unwitting subjects protest.

An interview with Kevin Williamson on applications and limitations of ethics joined to bottom lines. Corporate philanthropy, Apple computer, and TOMS Shoes: Does corporate profit equal produced social value?